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Preloader employing enhanced messages

  • US 8,745,507 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2007
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of processing web page requests, the method comprising:

  • responsive to detecting, by a web server, a client request for a web page containing a preloadable object, initiating serving the web page and downloading the object to the client;

    estimating a download interval for the object wherein the download interval indicates a time interval required to complete the downloading of the object;

    before the serving of the web page completes, invoking a preloader application to perform operations including;

    selecting a preloader message from a set of available messages based at least in part on;

    an estimate of a time required to serve the web page to the client in response to the client request;

    demographic information associated with the client;

    subject matter with which the requested web page is concerned;

    a time of day; and

    a day of the week; and

    displaying the preloader message with an indication of a progress of the downloading of the object wherein at least a part of the preloader message is unrelated to a progress state of the downloading of the object;

    monitoring for completion of the downloading; and

    responsive to detecting completion of the preloader message prior to completion of the downloading, selecting and displaying an additional message; and

    responsive to detecting completion of the downloading prior to completion of the preloader message, terminating the displaying of the preloader message.

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